US4734990A - Viewing apparatus - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F41H—ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
- F41G1/00—Sighting devices
- F41G1/42—Tube sights; Bar sights ; Combinations of tubular fore and rearsights
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
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- F41G1/473—Sighting devices for particular applications for lead-indicating or range-finding, e.g. for use with rifles or shotguns
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- Firearms weaponry--rifles, shotguns, handguns-- is currently affixed with one type of open sighting or another and is quite often affixed with special optical lenses, scopes, etc., which in effect are designed to aid viewing by magnification of a particular viewed object for the purpose of better aiming and placement of a discharged projectile from said firearms weaponry.
- magnification is the preferred method of sighting distant targets, it is in many instances used in situations where over or under focusing can cause magnification too extreme or insufficient for many types of firearms useage such as woodland, swamp and brush hunting or just a short yardage situation in which open sights would present a more acceptable view.
- This invention relates then to the incorporation of the two most widely used means of aiming a firearms weapon. It is designed to eliminate the downfalls of both open sight aiming and optical lens magnification aiming and at the same time incorporate more important factors not found in either aforementioned methods of aiming at a viewed object, such as quickly establishing a target area at close range because of the separation of the desired target area from its surroundings.
- the invention is also unaffected by weather conditions and can improve aiming capability in darkened conditions. It is also an aid in identifying the distance of a viewed object.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view consisting of the viewing apparatus with distance calibration device attached;
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view consisting of the viewing apparatus with distance calibration device and one means of adjustable windage and elevation mechanics;
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view consisting of the viewing apparatus with adjustments and lighting apparatus and distance calibration device;
- FIG. 4 is a rear view of the viewing apparatus showing sights lining up with crosshairs
- FIG. 5 is a rear view of the viewing apparatus showing the crosshairs lined up with the front and the rear sights of weapon dropped or removed.
- FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate a viewing apparatus for use with a firearms weapon, generally designated by the numeral 12. Attached to 12 by two threaded screws 14 and 16 and passed through clearance holes 18 and 20 is the base of viewing apparatus 22. Viewing apparatus 22 is an enclosed and elongated see through hooded opening structure used to separate a targeted object from its immediate surroundings. Once viewing apparatus 22 is secured to weapon 12 by tightening screws 14 and 16 down with a screwdriver passed through open top 24 of viewing apparatus 22, the cap 26 is secured to 22 by one or more means. As one means, referring to FIG.
- cap 26 is attached to viewing apparatus 22 by snap over slots 46 molded or otherwise applied to cap 26 and ridges 48 are molded or otherwise applied to viewing apparatus 22 at various locations, thereby securing cap 26.
- Distance calibration device 50 is then fitted to the side of viewing apparatus 22 by a slide mechanism 52 molded or otherwise applied to viewing apparatus 22 and on the side 54 of distance calibration device 50, whereby once slid into place, numerous clear, rectangular shaped slides 60 showing various calibrated distances according to height engraved, etched or otherwise marked or slotted on its surface can be interchanged and held vertically in place by slots 56 and 58 on either side of distance calibration device 50.
- viewing apparatus 22, cap 26, and distance calibration device 50 create the body and the main structure of a viewing apparatus in FIG. 2.
- the viewing apparatus is shown with windage adjustment 62 and separate elevation adjustments 64 and 66, all of which can be aligned with the front sight 68 and the rear sight 70 of weapon 12 in FIG. 4.
- windage adjustment 62 includes at least one vertically held rod within the enclosed and elongated see through hooded opening structure of viewing apparatus 22 which is connected to an adjustment lever.
- elevation adjustments 64 and 66 each include a horizontally held rod within the enclosed and elongated see through hooded opening structure of viewing apparatus 22 which is connected to an adjustment lever.
- FIG. 3 shows the viewing apparatus affixed with all previously mentioned components and one means of lighting windage adjustment 62 and elevation adjustments 64 and 66 when coated with flourescent material from bracket attachment 72 and a light 74.
- Attachment 72 can also be placed internally in open top 24 of viewing apparatus 22 or in other locations not shown in figures but attached to viewing apparatus 22.
- a light 74 operated by a battery or other power cell that is turned on by various means and light 74 is directed at flourescent adjustments 62, 64 and 66.
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US06/855,959 US4734990A (en) | 1986-04-25 | 1986-04-25 | Viewing apparatus |
US06/917,799 US4734989A (en) | 1986-04-25 | 1986-10-09 | Viewing apparatus |
US07/172,480 US4912852A (en) | 1986-04-25 | 1988-03-24 | Viewing apparatus |
US07/352,551 US5025564A (en) | 1986-04-25 | 1989-05-16 | Sight viewing apparatus |
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US5208989A (en) * | 1990-01-02 | 1993-05-11 | Sanders Ronald J | Sight viewing apparatus |
US7921591B1 (en) * | 2009-04-30 | 2011-04-12 | Terry Adcock | Flip-up aiming sight |
US8739454B2 (en) * | 2012-04-05 | 2014-06-03 | Dead Ringer, LLC | Gun sight with range finder |
US9470470B2 (en) * | 2013-10-17 | 2016-10-18 | Marco Pisani | Scope guard for scope and firearm |
US20220178651A1 (en) * | 2019-04-05 | 2022-06-09 | Triclops Sights, LLC | Elongated Rear Sight for a Firearm |
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US7921591B1 (en) * | 2009-04-30 | 2011-04-12 | Terry Adcock | Flip-up aiming sight |
US8739454B2 (en) * | 2012-04-05 | 2014-06-03 | Dead Ringer, LLC | Gun sight with range finder |
US9470470B2 (en) * | 2013-10-17 | 2016-10-18 | Marco Pisani | Scope guard for scope and firearm |
US20220178651A1 (en) * | 2019-04-05 | 2022-06-09 | Triclops Sights, LLC | Elongated Rear Sight for a Firearm |
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